Machine for pressing and ornamenting harness-loops



(No Model.)

. W. T. LANE 8v J. P. AVERYJ Machines for Pressing and Ornamenting"Harness-Loops.

No. 226,761. Pa'te'nt'ed -Ap'r'il 20, 1880.

IJNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

WILLIAM '1. LANE AND JOHN P. AVERY, OF NORWICH, CONNECTICUT.

MACHINE FOR PRESSING AND ORNAMENTING HARNESS-LOOPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,761, dated April20, 1880. Application filed March 8, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, WILLIAM T. LANE and JOHNP. AVERY, both of Norwich, county of New London, State of Connecticut,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines forPressing and Ornamenting the Loops of Harness, &c., of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, inwhich- Figure l is a perspective view of the press with the front ormovable clamp removed. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, showing theremovable clamping-block in place and the parts in the position whichthey occupy when pressing a strap or loop. Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof the press, showing the manner of pressing the winker-strap. Fig. 4 isa perspective view of the removable pressing block or jaw, and Fig. 5 isa similar view of the block or jaw used when the press is used forpressing the winker-strap.

Similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all thefigures.

Our invention relates to a novel construction of press whereby it isadapted to press the sides and top of the straps of harness at one andthe same operation also, to a novel construction of device whereby thesides and top of the winkerstrap may also be pressed in a similar mannerand after being connected to the winker, all as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, A A A represent the frame of the press,cast in one piece and forming the top, bottom, and one side thereof. Thebottom or base plate A is provided with lugs or cars a, one at eachcornor of its open end, which are also cast with the frame, the top andbottom of the frame being secured together by means of bolts a passingthrough the top plate, A and into the lugs or cars a.

B is a block or plate which fits between the lugs or ears a, and issecured to the base-plate A by means of bolts or screws b, and in whichplate the clamping-screws which move one of the side dies are mounted.The side plate, A,

is also provided with similar clamping-screws a a a, which arepreferably arranged so as to alternate with those in the front bar, B,and which screws serve to move the opposite die.

The top plate, midway of its width, is provided with clamping-screws a atwo or more being used as desired, by means of which the die forpressing or pressing and ornamenting the face of the strap is moved.

In Fig. 2 the machine is shown as being used to press or ornament anyordinary strap with buckle, in which case the plate or bar B is used,and from which it will be seen that the top and bottom of the strap, asalso the sides, can be pressed at one and the same operation through theintervention of suitable clamping blocks or dies, as shown. When it isdesired to. press or ornament a winkerstrap, or any strap having asimilar projecting side, the block B is removed and a block, 0,substituted. This block is composed of the uprights O, which, when inposition, rest against the inner faces of the lugs or ears a and of thecentral portion, 0 this central portion corresponding in length to thespace between the lugs or ears a, and extendingin beyond the uprights Oin a downwardly-inclining direction, terminating at its inner side in avertical wall or face.

By this construction of bar it will be seen that the side of the strapnext to the winker can be pressed without injuring the face of thewinker, as the face 0 forms the pressingwall or face of the block 0, thewinker being protected from injury by the beveled bar 0 under which itpasses. When this bar is used no pressure is applied from the front, theclamping-screws on the back only being required to force the strap upagainst the face (J of the block. The upper and lower faces of the strapare pressed by means of the screws a a in the upper plate, A as in thecase of the ordinary strap or loop.

Having now described our invention, we claim- 1. In a machine forpressing and ornamenting harness-loops, the angular press-frame havingthe three sides made in one piece, and

lugs or ears in combination with the remova- IO ble angular block 0 forpressing the loop on the winker, substantially as described.

WILLIAM T. LANE. JOHN P. AVERY.

Witnesses:

GEORGE G. RIPLEY, GILBERT D. LAMB.

